Noah's Arc (TV series)

For other uses, see Noah's Ark (disambiguation).

Noah's Arc
DVD box cover
Format	Comedy-drama
Created by	Patrik-Ian Polk
Starring	Darryl Stephens Rodney Chester Christian Vincent Doug Spearman Jensen Atwood Gregory Keith Jonathan Julian
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	17 (plus unaired pilot) (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Logo
Original run	October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19) – October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)
Chronology
Followed by	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom

Noah's Arc is an American cable television dramedy. The series, which predominantly features gay black and Latino characters, focused on many socially relevant issues, including same sex dating, same-sex marriage, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awareness, infidelity, promiscuity, homophobia, gay bashing. It ran from October 19, 2005, to October 4, 2006. After its cancellation, a film was produced entitled Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom, which was released theatrically in 2008.

Overview

The show revolves around the lives of four black gay friends living in Los Angeles.^[1] It premiered in October 2005 on the Logo cable-television network, quickly becoming the network's most popular program. Season one was filmed in Los Angeles, while season two was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The show rose from humble beginnings. The pilot was produced independently, and to assist in funding each episode, the show was originally envisioned as a DVD subscription series. During the filming of the pilot episode, Rodney Chester - who portrays Alex in the show - used his own truck as a makeshift hair, make-up and dressing room. After the pilot episode was well received at film festivals and independent screenings, Logo decided to make it into a series. Some scenes from the original pilot were either re-shot or removed for airing on Logo. The opening credits theme song is "Remember The Love" (Samba Mix) by Adriana Evans.

In the summer of 2008, BET's spin-off cable television channel BET J broadcast the entire series. The show's creator, Patrik-Ian Polk, announced the broadcast schedule via MySpace.

Noah's Arc was the network's highest-rated original series, however, shortly after the season two cliffhanger finale aired, Logo announced that the series had been cancelled. The network was surprised by the negative reaction of viewers to the show's cancellation, and stated that the series may return if the planned motion picture proved successful. Two years later, Noah Arc: Jumping the Broom, opened in theaters in limited release. It entered the chart at number thirty-four with an opening weekend gross of $151,337. It had a per screen average of over $30,000, reaching second place on the top per screen average rankings list for that weekend. It narrowly missed the number-one slot, which was taken by the Clint Eastwood film Changeling. The film earned a total domestic gross of $532,878 during its theatrical run.^[2]

Cast

Main article: Characters in Noah's Arc (TV series)

• Darryl Stephens as Noah Nicholson
• Rodney Chester as Alex Kirby
• Christian Vincent as Ricky Davis
• Doug Spearman as Chance Counter
• Jensen Atwood as Wade Robinson
• Gregory Keith as Trey Iverson
• Jonathan Julian as Eddie McEntire
• Wilson Cruz as Junito Vargas

Notable guest stars

John Salley Adele Givens Garrett Morris Merwin Mondesir Reynaldo Rey

James C. Mathis III Raz-B Rockmond Dunbar Victoria Rowell Rachel True Keith Hamilton Cobb

Soundtrack

Main article: Noah's Arc: Season 1 (soundtrack)

Episodes

Main article: List of Noah's Arc episodes

Season one consists of nine episodes, while season two has eight episodes. The unaired pilot is available on the season one DVD box set.

DVD releases

Cover	DVD Name	Ep #	Release Date	Special Features
	Season 1	9	August 8, 2006	Commentary on Select Episodes by the Creator and Cast Pilot Episode Deleted Scenes Extended Episodes Auditions
	Season 2	8	June 12, 2007	Deleted Scenes "Tales from the Arc Side" Digisodes with optional commentary Featurettes Blooper Reel

References

1. ^ Program information, Logo
2. ^ Box office figures, Box Office Mojo

External links

• Official website
• Noah's Arc at the Internet Movie Database
• Noah's Arc at TV.com
• Noah's Arc at epguides.com